ICF Produced Eames Aluminium Chairs  

ICF
According to the catalogue ICF offered the five-star base standard, the four-star base on request.
I'll try to scan and send the catalogue tomorrow.

My local gym has three...
My local gym has three net-weave Aluminium Group chairs in the reception made by ICF. The gym opened, I believe in 2007, which suggests that even though they no longer appear in the ICF inventory, they were only dropped relatively recently.

ICF. La producción de...
ICF. La producción de muebles eames en europa no sólo está ligada a vitra. ICF la empresa italiana que en su día funadaran Fernando y Madalena de Padova estuvo directamente ligada a la producción de esos muebles. Hille en Reino Unido también los produjo y creo que mobilier international hizo lo propio en francia. ICF fuen vendida en los ochenta, pero no obstante, siguió fabricando muebles eames hasta 2005, fecha en la perdió definitivamente el pleito que que sostenía con vitra. La revista Icon desing se hizo eco la noticia a propósito de un artículo que versaba sobre originales y copias. En el año 2002 ICF hizo una campaña publicitaria cuyo lema era "ICF and Charles Eames, together for over 40 years". Todavía conservo algún archivo pdf de ICF de muebles como la Lounge Chair".
Por cierto, se miran la web de Herman Miller, verán que la aluminium chair standard tiene cinco radios. Vitra también la hacía por encargo.
Lo que es cierto, es que desde que vitra se ha quitado de encima a la ICF los precios no han parado de subir y subir. Herman miller es mucho más barato en la producción de los mismos muelbes

ICF 670 lounge chair by charles and ray EAMES
Hello everyone,
I have a very nice ICF version 670 lounge chair.
If anyone wants some pics no problemo.
Does someone have more info about the De padova and Herman miller colaboration ?? Or better still any documentation (scans) ???

670 lounge chair by MOBILIER INTERNATIONAL
Me again,
I also have a Mobilier international lounge chair.
They used to distribute (officialy) Herman MILLER furniture here in France in the 70s and 80s.... (I also have some alu group chairs and alu group lounge chairs with the Mobilier international + the Herman MILLER logos on the bases).
Both ICF and Mobilier international have the Vitra styled star base (glides are white on the Mobilier international and black on the ICF).

Excuse the bump...
...but I just picked up an Eames 670 Lounge Chair that was purchased from the Conran Shop in London in the mid-90s.
andrewj, since there's a very good chance that you may have been the one who originally sold it (!) I would love to know a little more about who might've manufactured it -- unlike some of the other ICF examples posted to this board, it's got the US/HM base as opposed to the European/Vitra/Contract base.
No stickers on it of course, except the standard UK "Carelessness Causes Fires" upholstery warning.

eames longue chair
I purchased a brand new ICF Eames Lounge and ottoman in 2.002 in pamplona, Spain. The retailer, an official dealer for both Vitra and ICF brands, stated at that time that ICF was making the chair in Palisander and that it was impossible to find it on Vitra. The Official price, I remember was almost the same for the vitra and the ICF versions. Hope this helps a little.

Manufacturer of Eames Lounger mid-90s
@ jkruger,
Your lounge chair was almost certainly made by Alivar in Italy. Unlike ICF, Mobilier etc., Alivar were never official licensees for Eames furniture (or for any other designers), but they did manufacture very good copies of classics by Eames, Saarinen, Mies, Wright, Mackintosh, Bertoia etc. In fact, they also made the Nelson slat-bench and Corbusier sofas and chaise longue that Conran's sold at the time. As I've already mentioned, Vitra and Conran weren't on good terms at the time, and I'd like to think that if the Conran Shop could have sold the licensed originals in the 90s, they would have done so. They now seem to have resumed relations with Vitra, and are selling the authorised Eames range.
http://www.mvsevm.it/collections-furniture.aspx?Art=271&A=10#

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ICF 670 lounge chair
Hello,
Does anyone know what these chairs cost? I found 2 in my attic and seem to be in decent shape.
Could use some extra cash and wanted to get a figure if possible.
Thanks,
Lorenzo

Looking for detailed photos of ICF, Alivar, and Shaf Eames 670 chairs
@Nervuss,
Could you please email me detailed photos of your ICF Eames lounger? Looking for photos of: back of chair, base of chair, underside of the ottoman and the chair, and the underside of the ottoman. If anyone has photos of the Alivar and Shaf chairs, I would appreciate having them sent to me as well. As detailed in another thread on this forum, I recently purchased what I believe to be an Italian made Eames style lounger. I am trying to determine who manufactured it. You can email me the photos to soundartdrums@hotmail.com
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Dan